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Vietnam decides to put nuclear power plant construction plans on ice

Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo in September 2015. Photo: AFP

The Vietnamese government has decided to scrap plans to build nuclear power plants with Japanese and Russian assistance, a Vietnam Electricity official said Wednesday.

The decision to withdraw the contracts to build the nuclear power reactors in Ninh Thuan Province will be a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, which sees Japan’s export of nuclear power technology as a pillar of his economic growth strategy.